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1956 Map of Dividing Creek

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Dividing Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Dividing Creek and the tidal reaches of the Maurice River anchor this mid-1950s survey of southern Cumberland County. The landscape is a mosaic of maritime industry and rural interior life, where the Central Railroad of New Jersey cuts a straight line through the State Hunting and Fishing Grounds. Extensive Sand Pits near the Millville Municipal Airport and along the river suggest the region's active industrial excavations during this era.

Settlement patterns follow the water and the rails, from the compact grids of Port Norris and Mauricetown to smaller hamlets like Haleyville and Dragston. Evidence of the area's milling history remains at Ladow Millpond, while the newer residential character of Laurel Lake contrasts with the surrounding Buckshutem Swamp. Genealogists will find interest in the numerous cemeteries and specific family-named roads like Joshua Lane and Whitehead Road that connected these coastal plain communities.